John Paul II Kraków-Balice International Airport 50 min
Valley of Three Ponds (5 min) Królewski Zamek Będziński (18 min) Silesian Museum (9 min) Former coal-mining site, now an art & industry museum with underground galleries & a restaurant. Upper Silesian Ethnographic Park (14 min) Outdoor museum of historic agricultural buildings from the region, such as cottages & farmsteads. Legendia (12 min) Family-friendly theme park with rides for younger children, on-site restaurants & a haunted house. Cathedral of Christ the King, Katowice (3 min) Built 1927–1955, the country's largest cathedral offers a coal altar honoring miners & guided tours. Silesian Zoological Garden (16 min) Zoo with over 2500 animals divided into wild & domesticated sections as well as replica dinosaurs. Silesia Park (13 min) 620-acre nature park with forest trails, ponds & wildlife, plus a planetarium, zoo & funfair. Katowice market square (9 min) Guido Mine and Coal Mining Museum (18 min) Tours with ex-miners of 19th-century coal mine tunnels, plus museum & subterranean concert chambers. Tyskie Brewing Museum (24 min) Brewery beer museum that outlines the cultural impact of brewing on the local area. Planetarium Śląskie (18 min) A planetarium within a 75-foot dome with astronomy exhibits & an observatory founded in 1955. Silesian Insurgents' Monument (12 min) Completed in 1957, this monument is dedicated to the participants of the Silesian Uprisings. Sztolnia Królowa Luiza (19 min) Mining and museum Kosciuszko Park (7 min) Urban park since 1925 with a parachute tower, soldiers' monument & playground with a climbing wall. |